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Medium Sea Green

#3CB371

Conversions

HEX#3CB371

RGBrgb(60, 179, 113)

HSLhsl(147, 50%, 47%)

HSVhsv(147, 66%, 70%)

CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 37%, 30%)

Copy CSS

color: #3cb371;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(60, 179, 113);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(147, 50%, 47%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 2.67 : 1

On ink blackPass · 7.18 : 1

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About Medium Sea Green

Medium Sea Green is the hex color #3CB371, which translates to rgb(60, 179, 113) in RGB and hsl(147, 50%, 47%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 147 degrees, with a saturation of 50 percent and a lightness of 47 percent. That combination puts Medium Sea Green in the workable middle of the green family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Medium Sea Green compares

Medium Sea Green is exactly the CSS keyword mediumseagreen, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is emerald-500 (#00BC7D), at a distance of 7.8. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Jade at 6.2. Sorted by lightness, Medium Sea Green is number 18 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Medium Sea Green

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Medium Sea Green, led by Ink black at 7.18:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Medium Sea Green already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Medium Sea Green. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	2.67:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	7.18:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	1.81:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	3.87:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	2.15:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Medium Sea Green

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Medium Sea Green for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Medium Sea Green

Format	Value
HEX	#3CB371
RGB	rgb(60, 179, 113)
HSL	hsl(147, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(147, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 37%, 30%)
OKLCH	oklch(68.40% 0.1440 155.00)
CIELAB	lab(65.27 -48.22 24.29)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.